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"Pieter Coeymans, arrived Jul 7, 1639 at New Amsterdam, with his four sons, Arent, Barent, Jacob and Lucas." [1]
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But if you think he should instead be Barent, then let us know right away, because then he would be the lowest number match to be merged into.
It is also possible that this Arent was an early infant death, of the same name. So we should not combine them unless we are fairly sure that it is just a typo. * * * * Edit: per Karen, In regard to Arent Coeymans, he was a brother of Barent (the miller). Source is Pearson in his "Genealogies of First Settlers of Albany", page 32.